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“The Serpent Column of the Delphic Oracle” Archaeological Journal ISSN: 0066-5983 (Print) 2373-2288 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/raij20 “The Serpent Column of the Delphic Oracle” T. Cato Worsfold F.R.Hist.S., F.R.S.L. To cite this article: T. Cato Worsfold F.R.Hist.S., F.R.S.L. (1904) “The Serpent Column of the Delphic Oracle”, Archaeological Journal, 61:1, 326-339, DOI: 10.1080/00665983.1904.10852975 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00665983.1904.10852975 Published online: 17 Jul 2014. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 3 View related articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=raij20 Download by: [137.189.171.235] Date: 20 June 2016, At: 15:00 THE SERPENT COLUMN OF THE DELPHIC ORACLE."1 By T. CATO WOESFOLD, F.E.HIST.S., F.E.S.L. Amongst the many spots in Constantinople which are fraught with interest, I know of none more attractive than the " At Meidan," or " Place of Horses," which occupies one of the most conspicuous positions in that city, to whose life history it has quickened and responded with pulse-like throb; for here we stand on the open space which was selected by the Emperor Severus as the site of the great Hippodrome, when he rebuilt Byzantium, the capital of Thrace, only to leave its completion to Constantitie the Great, when the latter founded Con- stantinople as the New Rome. About 1,300 ft. in length and half as wide, the Hippodrome was constructed on the lines of the Circus Maximus at Rome, being oblong in shape with one semi-circular end. From the north-east to the south-west ran the Spina, a low wall that separated the course itself into two parts, and also formed a species of platform on which various works of art were displayed. But, in addition to its original purpose as a racecourse, the "At Meidan" of to-day, as the Hippodrome of by- gone ages, was used for all the public meetings and Downloaded by [] at 15:00 20 June 2016 assemblies which Constantinople called together, whether in times of peace or the stirring moments of revolution and carnage. Here, in 532, occurred the sanguinary strife between the Emperor Justinian and the fierce factions of the Circus, when the arena was deluged with the blood of some 30,000 citizens. Here again, two years later, came Belisarius in all the pomp and glory of a conqueror, fresh from his African wars, and yet, in disdain of a triumphal car, marching in modest pride at the head of his faithful veterans. Here, too, were monarchs proclaimed as rulers, criminals executed, and heretics burnt; here wild beasts 1 Eead at the Meeting of the Institute on 2nd March, 1904. Downloaded by [] at 15:00 20 June 2016 Τ11Κ AT MEIDAN OK III I'PC 11UIOME i Λ' 18138 SHOWING T1IE SERPENT COLUMN UN THE K1GI1T. 327 " THE SERPENT COLUMN OF THE DELHPIC ORACLE." were shown and athletic contests held, so that it might be truly said, " The Spina of the Hippodrome was the axis around which revolved the Byzantine world." At one entrance formerly stood the bronze horses of Lysippus, now at St. Mark's, Venice, while in another spot might be seen the silver statue of Yenus by Praxiteles, an Apollo by Phidias, a gilded statue of Jupiter, and one of Theodora, besides numerous other wondrous products of the sculptor's art, collected chiefly by force of arms from all parts of the then civilized world. And amongst these, vieing with all in interest, though possibly not in appearance, stood, as it stands to-day, in the Hippodrome of Constantinople, that wonderful relic of a by-gone age, which it is now my purpose to describe in detail—I mean that curious column of brass, or rather bronze, with its three entwined serpents, whose heads formerly upheld the vessel of gold which stood before the temple altar of the Delphic Oracle. Reference to this monument has been made by many writers in many ages and of many nations, bat to Herodotus and Thucydides, Pausanias, Diodorus Siculus, and Plutarch we must turn for the early history of the column and its associations. In the innermost sanctuary of the temple at Delphi, most renowned of all Apollo's oracles, stood a statue of the god himself, in front of which, upon an altar, the sacred fire, fed with firwood, was perpetually maintained. In the middle of the temple there was a small fissure in Downloaded by [] at 15:00 20 June 2016 the ground whence at times there were exhaled sul phurous smoke and intoxicating vapours, emanating, it was believed, from the well Cassotis, which disappeared into the ground near to the temple. Over this aperture was a lofty tripod of gold supported, it would seem, by the column under consideration. To this the priestess of Apollo, called the Pythia (probably from the Greek word ττυθεσθαί—to enquire) was led by the attendant high priest or προφητης and placed, in a state of nudity, upon the tripod, so as to inhale the vapours now surrounding her. The result was to affect her brain ; her hair stood erect, her eyes flashed with frenzy, her body was convulsed with sobs, all this culminating in her falling into a convulsive 328 " THE SERPENT COLUMN OF THE DELHPIC ORACLE." delirium or intoxication, during which the influence of Apollo was held to manifest itself in the cries and articu- lations which she uttered. On one occasion so great was the ecstasy into which the Pythia was raised, that, we are told by Plutarch, the priests who led her to the sacred tripod and ministered during her trance, became so terrified by the excess of her delirious ravings that they rushed from the temple, whilst the unfortunate priestess, after remaining in agony for some days, at last died of the exhaustion and shock induced by her frenzy. I have thus briefly touched upon the rites, or rather, ravings, of the Oracle at Delphi in view of the fact that the column I propose to describe appears to have been the support to the tripod 011 which these grim scenes were produced. Rut as to how it got there, we must turn to the sober pages of Herodotus and Pausanias the topographer. The former tells us that all the treasures and spoils of the battle of Platasa, when the Greeks defeated the Persians (22nd September, B.C. 479), having been col- lected, a tithe was taken from them for the god at Delphi, from which was dedicated the golden tripod standing on the three-headed serpent column. This description is confirmed by Pausanias. writing in the time of Marcus Aurelius (161 to 180 A.D.), and here I may point out that both he and Herodotus refer to the column as consisting of a single, serpent, being probably deceived by the subtlety of the work, which certainly Downloaded by [] at 15:00 20 June 2016 gives an impression, at the first glance, that there is one and not three snakes, a mistake made also in later times by one or two other authors. According to Diodorus Siculus, when the Greeks had wrought the golden tripod, they sent it to Delphi with this inscription : " The saviours of spacious Greece offer this tripod, having rescued its cities from hateful slavery." In addition, however, to what was engraved on the tripod, Cornelius Nepos tells us Pausanias had caused an inscription, composed by the poet Simonides, to be placed on the column, running thus : " Pausanias, as General of the Greeks, after he had destroyed the army of the Medes, dedicated this monument to Phoebus." It should be stated that though other historians differ 329 " THE SERPENT COLUMN OF THE DELHPIC ORACLE." slightly as to the wording of this inscription, all are unanimous as to the meaning intended to be conveyed, namely, that all the honour of the victory was due to Pausanias alone, thus causing great offence in particular to the Plataeans, whose blood and treasure, with that of other and greater States, had contributed considerably to the defeat of the Persians. At the same time their indignation was not, it seems, entirely on account of this particular act of arrogance, for Thucydides states that " by his licentious behaviour and affectation of barbarian customs, Pausanias gave much cause of suspicion that he did not intend to be content with the state of affairs as they were; among other things this, that upon the tripod of Delphi, which the Greeks had dedicated as the best of the spoil of the Medes, he had himself by his own private orders, caused to be inscribed this elegiac verse, &c." The historian then refers to the erasure, and to the Lacedsemonians engraving the names of all the States upon the column [Bk. I. 132, et seq.]. Suidas' note (in the eleventh century) on Pausanias' statement runs thus : "Pansanias, the son of Cleombrotus and Anchithea, King of the Lacedaemonians, who after the fight at Platsea, dedicated a tripod to Apollo with this inscription, &c." setting out practically the wording mentioned by Cornelius Nepos. Aristides Aelius, too, comments on Downloaded by [] at 15:00 20 June 2016 the modest conduct of Miltiades, who had conquered six- and-forty nations in all, in contrast to the charge so frequently brought against Pausanias, who took to himself the credit of the whole affair. So great was the indignation aroused, that an appeal was made to the Amphictyonic Council, with the result that the Lacedaemonians were ordered to erase the boasting and arrogant inscription in honour of Pausanias.
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